Apple judge: \’I see risk\’ and 7 more newsmaker quotes

Results from Wal-Mart and Cisco, and another big selloff in Facebook shares dominated action in Thursday\’s markets.

And the battle between Apple and Samsung in a Federal court room continued.

Meanwhile, thousands of people who came to the U.S. illegally as young children lined up to take advantage of a program that would let them stay, viewed by some as a political ploy by the White House for votes.

Here are eight quotes from newsmakers in Thursday\’s markets and beyond.

1. “I see risk here for both sides, if we go to a verdict\”

–Lucy Koh, judge , U.S. District Court

In comments to lawyers in the Apple
vs. Samsung patent trial. Read more here.

2. “Over the past 10 years I never paid less than 13%”

–Mitt Romney, republican candidate for president

In a press conference Thursday. Romney has faced accusations from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D., Nev.) that he didn\’t pay any taxes for a decade. Read more here.

3. “I\’m ready for my life to change”

–Luis Garcia, illegal immigrant

In an interview while standing in line to fill out forms to participate in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allowing young illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. Read more here.

4. “I\’m very dubious. There are diminishing returns to these actions”

–Charles Plosser, president , Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal Wednesday about the possible effect of further quantitative easing by the Fed. Read more here.

5. “There is a good chance lock-up expirations in three and six months from now will lead to similar sell-offs”

–James Krapfel, analyst, Morningstar analyst

In emailed comments Thursday as Facebook
slid to its all-time low following the expiration of a lockup of 271 million shares in the social network company. Read more here.

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